Accreditation

Williston School District 29 conducted a self-evaluation of its functions in preparation for a district-wide external review from AdvancED. The External Review Team conducted an on-site visit on October 18-21 2015. We were recommended for system wide accreditation and that was made official in January of 2016! Congratulations!

ADVANCED ACCREDITATION OVERVIEW

Accreditation is inextricably linked to institution and educational system improvement. The accreditation process asks institutions and systems to critically evaluate their vision, strategies, priorities, leadership, programs and resources.

PURPOSE

Accreditation is designed to help educational systems boost their ongoing performances efforts for the benefit of their students. AdvancED insists on a relentless pursuit of excellence - for itself and for the institutions it accredits. This ethic of excellence ensures that institutions find rich benefits from accreditation and that parents confidentiality make informed decisions about their children's education, knowing their child's school is accredited. Accreditation matters because our students deserve the highest level of educational excellence possible.

AdvancED Standards for Quality School Systems

Standard 1: Purpose and Direction

The system maintains and communicates at all levels of the organization a purpose and direction for continuous improvement that commit to high expectations for learning as well as shared values and beliefs about teaching and learning.

Standard 2: Governance and Leadership

The system operates under governance and leadership that promote and support student performance and school effectiveness.

Standard 3: Teaching and Assessing for Learning

The system’s curriculum, instructional design, and assessment practices guide and ensure teacher effectiveness and student learning across all grades and courses.

Standard 4: Resources and Support Systems

The system has resources and provides services in all schools that support its purpose and direction to ensure success for all students.

Standard 5: Using Results for Continuous Improvement

The system implements a comprehensive assessment system that generates a range of data about student learning and system effectiveness and uses the results to guide continuous improvement.